Lab Activities



Web Sites with Lab Activities and Ideas for Middle School

Here are a lot of lab activities found online. Some were written specifically for 6th graders, and all should be applicable to 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade Science.

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Bill Nye has some activities. Just follow the link below and go to “Home Demos”. He puts all of his experiments into three categories – Planetary science, physical science, and life science. This makes his experiments very easy to navigate. Also, all of his labs are low cost.

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A link to Magic School Bus related activities is below. Each activity here has its own worksheet that can be copied for the students.

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The link above takes you to activities from Exploratorium.edu. They were meant for the home, but can be adapted to the classroom. An example of one of their activities is attached as another document.

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These are called “snacks” and are just mini-experiments. Could be good for a simple/inexpensive demonstration:

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See “lab activities” on the right side of the website.

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